Leicester swoop for Everton forward

Sven Goran Eriksson has moved to bring Everton striker Yakubu Ayegbeni to the Walkers Stadium on a season-long loan deal. According to the BBC, the Nigerian international striker will join up with the Foxes tomorrow for a medical and will be offered a loan contract until May - with a view to a permanent move to the East Midlands at the end.

Yakubu has been dogged by injury problems since joining the Toffees in 2008 and has appeared for them just seven times this term.